The Cry Of The Penguin

“Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life’s longing for itself. They come through you but not from you. And though they are with you, yet they belong not to you” - Khalil Gibran.

Maa

She could not read the words on the screen. A faint sound of clapping? Voices chattering, or were they whispering – faintly receded in her mind, as giant sobs racked her medium-sized frame. She closed her eyes and let the hot, wet torrent of tears stream down her face. There.

Done it. See, Maa? Done. First Premiere in your precious Dilli too, YOUR Dilli, not mine! Ha!